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Drill Night Turns into Townhouse Fire
By Deputy Fire Chief Steve Stockwell
May 11, 2015
On May 11th at 1848 hours while conducting our normally scheduled drill night, members of the Bay District Volunteer Fire Department were dispatched for a report of a townhouse fire in Co. 9's First Due area. Units from Co. 9, Co. 3, Co. 7 (Hollywood) and Co. 13 (NAS Pax River) responded. Upon arrival of one of the EMS Units, they advised that smoke was showing. E-32 (Sgt. Vanness) arrived on scene and proceeded to take their own hydrant, pulling a handline to the front door and attempting to locate the fire. The size up indicated a fire in the "End of the Row" townhouse. E-132 (Capt. Watts) arrived 2nd laying out from a hydrant to provide additional water coverage. Tower-9 (Sgt. Ammann) and Truck-3 (FF Werkheiser) took their respective locations on the A/B and C/D Corners with E-91 (Sgt. Young) covering the rear of the structure with a hydrant. Finally SQ-3 took up RIT, Command was held initially by Chief-9B and then passed to Chief-3A. Command staged all incoming units to Longfields Blvd. Eventually the fire was located to a burnt light ballast in a Aquarium Tank and located to that immediate area. Command held E-32, E-91, E-132, T-3 and TWR-9 releasing the other units before eventually terminating command following clean up.